Sarah Addleman MD

Assistant professor Emerg Med @uottawa. @McGillMed alum. Views my own. (She/her)

[Devon McDonald @McDevonMD]

Reckless, unscientific, inequitable nonsense.

[chantzy @chantz_y]

You cannot turn a novel systemic virus into influenza simply by waving a magic wand by creating policies that pretend it is

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

School and work will become amplifiers of community spread given sub-optimal layers of protection compounded by the CMOH green-lighting individuals returning to these environments while infectious.

How will this help a provincial healthcare system already on life support?

[Linsey Marr linseymarr.bsky.social @linseymarr]

Study confirms that HEPA filters work on SARS-CoV-2, of course. Note that antiviral coating doesn't affect removal from air, since it's a physical process. I sketched expected ratio of concentration at time t to initial concentration as function of t. /1 https://t.co/wMerKbdpR8

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Please

Doctors, Nurses, Everybody

There is NO (ZERO) reason to tell a #COVID19 positive person that they are not infectious JUST because 5 days has passed since they got symptoms

This is not true
Many (Most) still are!

If Rapid Test Pos.. Do NOT assume you are not infectious

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

Perfect time to talk about the extremely long ER wait times - after Ontario's provincial election. How strategic!

[Tim Abray @timabray]

We can’t keep pretending this is a rare outcome. It isn’t. Failing to put safeguards in place (better air and personal protection) is negligence. As is Public Health pretending that “personal risk assessment” is sufficient. We are in a state of mass denial and it needs to change.

[Joe Oliver @joeolivermd]

Hey colleagues. I worked with a resident physician the other day who is pregnant and wears an N95 to protect herself and her baby. Why aren’t you all doing the same to protect her and her baby? It’s a workplace and trainee safety issue.

[Dr. Lisa Iannattone @lisa_iannattone]

Close contact is not a mode of transmission. Let’s not do this all over again.

[Sarah Addleman MD @S__Addleman]

Great overview of pediatric hepatitis by @TehseenLadha

[White Coat Black Art @cbcwhitecoat]

This week on #TheDoseCBC, we discuss what we know and don't know about severe acute hepatitis in children.

@TehseenLadha joins @NightShiftMD to talk about this rare condition.

Listen here: https://t.co/vIWuL1uBr2

[Justin Morgenstern @First10EM]

Monkeypox: A rapid review, as you apparently might be seeing this in the emergency department #FOAMed https://t.co/IuShbCWUIl

[Sarah Addleman MD @S__Addleman]

@PeterHotez Definitely real, I've seen several cases like yours over the last 2 weeks. Not unique to BA.2.12 as BA2 is still the dominant virus where I am. Hope you make a quick recovery!

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

First bit of analysis from the CDC on hepatitis cases out yesterday. Summary:
-232 cases <=16 yrs
-76% are <5 yrs
-15% admitted to ICU, 6% transplanted, 1 death
-60% adv positive
-74% SARS-CoV-2 positive on serology with 12% PCR +ve
🧵

[Debra Caplan @debra_caplan]

In 1959, Eugene Ionesco wrote the absurdist play Rhinoceros in which one by one, an entire town of people suddenly transform into rhinos. At first, people are horrified but as the contagion spreads, (almost) everyone comes to accept that turning into a rhinoceros is fine. 1/

[Joe Oliver @joeolivermd]

A thread🧵 on herd immunity.

[Dr Greg Kelly @drgregkelly]

"Vaccines only" #COVID19 strategy w removal of other protections makes perfect if you hold 6 beliefs

Each belief WAS reasonable in 2020, yet proved wrong w time. Now, to maintain the idea that things are OK, each of these 6 beliefs must be defended with ever more vigor 🧵